With the help of funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), a new Centre for Electron Microscopy is being established at the Institute of Physics. The aim is to create an organisational infrastructure that enables effective use of cutting-edge equipment by researchers at other institutes within the university as well as by external research institutes.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Hänggi, Professor im Ruhestand am Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, wurde mit der Medaille „De scientia et humanitate optime meritis“ ausgezeichnet. Damit ehrt die Tschechische Akademie der Wissenschaften Persönlichkeiten für ihre verdienstvollen Beiträge auf dem Gebiet der Wissenschaft und des humanitären Gedankenguts.

The air is so thin at an atmospheric altitude of around 80 to 120 kilometres above the Earth that it is often described as the edge of space. This zone has enormous importance for both the flight of satellites and for the Earth’s climate. The University of Augsburg and Bern together with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) now want to research this area at the edge of space.